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The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPraise for Nicola May’s books ‘This book will twang your funny bone & your heartstrings’ – Milly Johnson ‘A fun and flighty read’ the Sun ‘A funny and fast-paced romp – thoroughly enjoyable!’ WOMAN Magazine Rosa Larkin is down on her luck in London, so when she inherits a near-derelict corner shop in a quaint Devon village, her first thought is to sell it for cash and sort out her life... -
![True to Me (By the Sea) by Kay Bratt]()
True to Me (By the Sea) by Kay Bratt
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Wish Me Home comes a breathtaking novel about the secrets that families keep and one woman’s illuminating search for the truth. Quinn Maguire has a stable life, a fiancé, and what she thinks is a clear vision for her future... -
![Above the Fold & Below the Belt by Amanda M. Lee]()
Above the Fold & Below the Belt by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAvery Shaw has taken on her fair share of jerks. Often, she’s considered the jerk when she takes them down … a role she gladly relishes. Now, though, she’s taking on a whole faction of jerks. It seems a battle of the sexes is brewing in Macomb County... -
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Flare by Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe wildly popular Steel Brothers Saga continues with Flare, which ramps up the suspense as Brock Steel tries to uncover his family’s secrets while Rory Pike does everything in her power to keep her own secrets buried. The Steel family won’t go down on his watch… Rory Pike never imagined she’d fall for a Steel, but she has—Brock Steel, a renowned womanizer, no less... -
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![The Preditorial Page by Amanda M. Lee]()
The Preditorial Page by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs speed-dating okay when you're in a relationship? It is when you're looking for a killer, especially in Avery Shaw's world. A naked body has been discovered in the nearby Clinton River, and while Sheriff Jake Farrell is keeping his cards close to his vest, Avery has another avenue of Eliot... -
![The Hope Chest by Carolyn Brown]()
The Hope Chest by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA grandmother’s loving bequest changes three lives forever in a heartwarming novel about finding love, hope, and family by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.An inheritance has reunited three estranged cousins... -
![The Lilac Bouquet by Carolyn Brown]()
The Lilac Bouquet by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCome hell or high water, Emmy Jo Massey will have a wedding. After three generations of Massey women with children out of wedlock, she wants the whole town of Hickory, Texas, to witness the legitimacy of her union with Logan Grady. But dream weddings aren’t cheap... -
![Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel by Valérie Perrin]()
Fresh Water for Flowers: A Novel by Valérie Perrin
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsViolette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues—gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest—visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences... -
![Miss Janie's Girls by Carolyn Brown]()
Miss Janie's Girls by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA bittersweet reunion becomes a time for looking back and starting over in a heartwarming new novel from New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown... -
![The Rowdy Coyote Rumble by Ann Charles]()
The Rowdy Coyote Rumble by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dust devil of mystery and mayhem pulls Claire into a storm full of rowdy sisters, ominous threats, relationship snafus, and a dangerous mine that could be a treasure trove of trouble... -
![Meadow Falls by Carolyn Brown]()
Meadow Falls by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn emotional novel about a small-town Texas family, forgiveness, and coming to terms with the past by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Angela Marie has spent all of her thirty-five years on Meadow Falls, the farm that’s been in her Texas family for generations. It wasn’t her plan. It was an obligation... -
![The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary]()
The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA captivating story about long-lost family secrets that will whisk you away to the village of Sandy Cove on the gorgeous Irish coast.Edwina is looking for a fresh start. So when a friend suggests she renovates a series of coastguard cottages in the tiny village of Sandy Cove, she wonders if the beautiful Irish seaside town might be her chance for a new beginning... -
![Summer at the Little French Cafe: The perfect laugh out loud romance for summer by Karen Clarke]()
Summer at the Little French Cafe: The perfect laugh out loud romance for summer by Karen Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the beautiful village of Chamillon lies the Café Belle Vie, where you’ll always find croissants and friends when you need them the most – and where Elle is hoping to uncover the truth about her past… Thirty-year-old Elle Matheson has decided it’s finally time to find the mother who gave her up as a baby... -
![The Little Village of New Starts by Donna Ashcroft]()
The Little Village of New Starts by Donna Ashcroft
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes turning everything upside down feels just right… Evie Stuart is playing it safe. She lives on her family’s remote farm in the Scottish Highlands and never ventures beyond the local village of Lockton. The most unpredictable events in her life are the antics of Miss Daisy, her grandmother Agnes’s pygmy goat... -
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![No Such Thing as a Lost Cause by Shelly Fredman]()
No Such Thing as a Lost Cause by Shelly Fredman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen rookie cop, Dave Wolinski is shot during a routine traffic stop, Brandy (who's along for the ride) finds herself face to face with the shooter; drug-crazed, pit bull fighting, gang member, Mario Lewis. Brandy shoots Lewis in self defense and becomes the target of gang retaliation... -
![Through the Storm by Diane Greenwood Muir]()
Through the Storm by Diane Greenwood Muir
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce things start falling apart around Polly Giller, chaos takes over and all she can do is hold on for the ride. Sylvie Donovan has finished school and things are supposed to be rainbows and unicorns. Not in Bellingwood. Her oldest son, Jason, has just started high school and isn't handling the transition well... -
![The Party Line by Carolyn Brown]()
The Party Line by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA niece’s inheritance comes with family secrets, new romance, and sweet Texas strawberries in a refreshing and warmhearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Returning home to Ditto, Texas, is bittersweet for Lila Matthews. Her dear and feisty aunt Gracie has passed away, leaving Lila her estate... -
![The Book of Candlelight by Ellery Adams]()
The Book of Candlelight by Ellery Adams
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the new Secret, Book, and Scone Society novel from New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams, the rain in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, has been relentless—and a flood of trouble is about to be unleashed . . . As the owner of Miracle Books, Nora Pennington figures all the wet weather this spring is at least good for business... -
![Foreclosure Fatality by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson]()
Foreclosure Fatality by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI made a promise, multiple times actually, to my husband, the Bramblett County Sheriff. I promised I wouldn't put my life at risk doing his job. But... when I find my potential client's son standing over her dead body, all bets are off. I just can't let it go, no matter how hard I try... -
![Now or Never by Janet Evanovich]()
Now or Never by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsShe said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone.While Stephanie stalls for time, she buries herself in her work as a bounty hunter, tracking down an unusually varied assortment of fugitives from justice... -
![The Goodbye Café by Mariah Stewart]()
The Goodbye Café by Mariah Stewart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCalifornia girl Allie Hudson Monroe can't wait for the day when the renovations on the Sugarhouse Theater are complete so she can finally collect the inheritance from her father and leave Pennsylvania. After all, her life and her fourteen-year-old daughter are in Los Angeles... -
![Barbecue and Bad News by Nancy Naigle]()
Barbecue and Bad News by Nancy Naigle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to Adams Grove…where the barbecue isn’t the only thing that sizzles. Savannah Dey politely agreed to attend her ex-husband’s wedding, but she’d be grateful for any reason to get out of it…which is why the speeding ticket from the handsome sheriff of Adams Grove is both a surprise and a reprieve... -
![On Shadow Beach by Barbara Freethy]()
On Shadow Beach by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe California town of Angel’s Bay has had its share of troubles: from the long-unsolved murder of a teenage girl to the young police officer recently left in a coma after being shot. But miracles also have a way of happening . . . as if angels really do keep a watchful eye there... -
![Nightingale Way by Emily March]()
Nightingale Way by Emily March
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEternity Springs is a magical place where hearts come to heal--with a little help. As Emily March's beloved series continues, a broken marriage finds new wings to fly. Dark, brooding Jack Davenport hides his secrets well, never telling his wife about the dangers of his job, never sharing his thoughts or worries . . . never sharing himself. After tragedy strikes, their marriage shatters... -
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![If It Bleeds, It Leads by Amanda M. Lee]()
If It Bleeds, It Leads by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLocal news reporter Avery Shaw’s week is going from bad to worse.It’s bad enough there’s a dead body in the parking lot of the paper, but when the investigation into the death leads to drugs – and a tie to her own family – things continue to spiral downward.If she could focus on that, though, it would just be another normal week... -
![A Bittersweet Surprise by Cynthia Ellingsen]()
A Bittersweet Surprise by Cynthia Ellingsen
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA mysterious, heartwarming tale of small-town intrigue, family secrets, and the possibility of new love from the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Lighthouse Keeper.Emma Laurent has always preferred helping others to asking for help. But now, she’s the one in need... -
![Prosecco Pink by Traci Andrighetti]()
Prosecco Pink by Traci Andrighetti
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor PI Franki Amato, New Orleans is anything but The Big Easy. Her best friend and employer has assigned her an unsettling investigation—the murder of a gorgeous cosmetics CEO at an allegedly haunted plantation... -
![Brew or Die: A Java Jive Mystery by Caroline Fardig]()
Brew or Die: A Java Jive Mystery by Caroline Fardig
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNashville’s perkiest private eye—coffeehouse manager Juliet Langley—goes undercover in the party-planning industry to solve a suspicious death in this thrilling cozy mystery from USA Today bestselling author Caroline Fardig. Inspired by her past sleuthing successes, Juliet Langley has officially joined the ranks of Nashville’s licensed private investigators... -
![Banana Chiffon and Bad Deeds by London Lovett]()
Banana Chiffon and Bad Deeds by London Lovett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet London's newest amateur sleuth, Scottie Ramone, in Banana Chiffon and Bad Deeds—A prequel novella to the Scottie Ramone Cozy Mystery series.A missing grandmother, a murdered neighbor and a crush from the past are just a few of the surprises waiting for Scottie in the heart of the Rocky Mountains... -
![The Garden House: A Novel by Marcia Willett]()
The Garden House: A Novel by Marcia Willett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMarcia Willett's The Garden House is a charming and heartwarming novel about family, yearning, and long-buried secrets …Fresh out of university and right on the precipice of adulthood, El is trying her best to figure out what it is she really wants from life. This is complicated by the fact that she is also dealing with the loss of her father, Martin... -
![Mug Shot: A Java Jive Mystery by Caroline Fardig]()
Mug Shot: A Java Jive Mystery by Caroline Fardig
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFull of humor and suspense, the bestselling Java Jive series heats up as the irrepressible heroine of Death Before Decaf faces off against Nashville’s upper crust to solve a shocking murder. Former musician Juliet Langley has barely had a day off since taking over management of the coffeehouse owned by her best friend, Pete Bennett... -
![Close to Home by Jenna Bennett, Bente Gallagher]()
Close to Home by Jenna Bennett, Bente Gallagher
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBy the New York Times bestselling author of the Do It Yourself home renovation mysteries... 4th book in the Savannah Martin romantic mystery series, following A Cutthroat Business, Hot Property, and Contract Pending, by New York Times bestselling author Jennie Bentley AKA Jenna Bennett. SYNOPSIS: Sometimes, trouble hits too close to home. Savannah's late... -
![The Kookaburra Creek Cafe by Sandie Docker]()
The Kookaburra Creek Cafe by Sandie Docker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to the Kookaburra Creek Cafe. THE PAST For Hattie, the cafe has been her refuge for the last fifty years – her second chance at a happy ending after her dreams of being a star were shattered. But will the ghosts of her past succeed in destroying everything she’s worked so hard to build? THE PRESENT For Alice, the cafe is her livelihood... -
![Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes]()
Hannah's Big Night by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Jory and Sam Thanksgiving... -
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![Heads Will Cinnamon Roll by London Lovett]()
Heads Will Cinnamon Roll by London Lovett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor amateur sleuth Scottie Ramone, the only thing better than a hot, fresh cinnamon roll is an intriguing new mystery to solve!Scottie recently made some life-changing decisions. (One might even call them rash.) She’s turned her whole world upside down and desperately wants to set it upright... -
![In Shelter Cove by Barbara Freethy]()
In Shelter Cove by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA long-ago shipwreck off the California coast led the survivors to the haven they named Angel’s Bay. Their shared adversity brought fellowship and joy . . . but also unsuspected secrets. Acclaimed author Barbara Freethy returns to the town where angels still keep watch, with a compelling story of a young widow trying to find the truth and bring closure for her son and herself... -
![The Passions of Chelsea Kane by Barbara Delinsky]()
The Passions of Chelsea Kane by Barbara Delinsky
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter the death of her adoptive mother, thirty-six-year-old Chelsea Kane is consumed by the need to uncover her biological heritage. Taking a break from her successful architecture career, she arrives in the New Hampshire town where she was born, determined to learn the truth, her only clue a tarnished silver key... -
![Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas]()
Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNever-before-published-from the New York Times bestselling author of Rewriting Monday Sixteen-year-old runaway Reagan has always wanted a place to belong. She's never had a real home of her own, but perhaps she could borrow someone else's. Under an assumed name and identity, she moves to Harmony, Texas, but keeps her distance from the welcoming townsfolk... -
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![The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr]()
The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOVERALL MATTE Mothers and daughters, sisters and cousins--they lived for summers at the lake house until a tragic accident changed everything. The Summer That Made Us is an unforgettable story about a family learning to accept the past, to forgive and to love each other again. That was then.. -
![The Road She Left Behind by Christine Nolfi, Megan Tusing]()
The Road She Left Behind by Christine Nolfi, Megan Tusing
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThree women. Two families torn apart by secrets.Crushed by guilt over the car accident that killed her father and sister, and torn apart by her mother’s resentment, Darcy Goodridge fled her family estate nine years ago and hasn’t looked back. Now an unexpected phone call threatens to upend what little serenity she’s found... -
![Misty Lake: Book One in the Misty Lake Series by Margaret Standafer]()
Misty Lake: Book One in the Misty Lake Series by Margaret Standafer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSamantha Taylor has lost all those dearest to her…her parents, her brother, and now the grandfather who raised her. When his will is read and some of his secrets come to light, Sam finds herself back in Misty Lake, Minnesota, a place that holds countless happy memories but, as she quickly discovers, just as many questions... -
![Romance is Murder by Teri Barnett]()
Romance is Murder by Teri Barnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are two things Morgan Hart loves-her vintage motorcycle and anything with buttercream icing. What Morgan doesn't love is murder. The thirty-six-year-old former Detroit detective has just moved back to Bijoux, Michigan, the lakeside town where she grew up... -
![Montana Rogue by Debra Salonen]()
Montana Rogue by Debra Salonen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoommates with benefits. A temporary arrangement between two people with time on their hands. Who could possibly get hurt? “Get your Zip On” – That’s Tucker Montgomery‘s slogan for the new zip line he’s building near Marietta, Montana... -
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![Three Odd Balls by Cindy Blackburn]()
Three Odd Balls by Cindy Blackburn
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA romantic vacation for…five? This wasn’t exactly what Jessie and Wilson had in mind when they planned their trip to the tropics. But the fun begins when Jessie’s delightfully spry mother, Wilson’s surfer dude son, and Jessie’s rabidly hyperactive New York agent decide to tag along. But what kind of trouble can these three oddest of odd balls possibly get into? Take a guess... -
![It's a Wonderful Wife by Janet Chapman]()
It's a Wonderful Wife by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Spellbound Falls novels comes a delightful new romance set on the coast of Maine… Jesse Sinclair and his two brothers spent years dodging the women his grandfather threw in their path. But then the matchmaking old wolf died, and his brothers did the unthinkable: they ran off to Maine to get married. Now Jesse wants to join them... -
![A Little Night Murder by Nancy Martin]()
A Little Night Murder by Nancy Martin
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMurder under the stars... Nora Blackbird—pregnant at last!—is spending summer afternoons wallowing in the Bucks County pool of her best friend, Lexie Paine, who has just been released from prison. At night, Nora is covering Philadelphia’s high-society events for the local newspaper. And this time she doesn’t have to look far for a good story... -
![Apple Pie and Arsenic by C.A. Phipps]()
Apple Pie and Arsenic by C.A. Phipps
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMadeline Flynn thought that opening her bakery and winning the top prize for her apple pie at the Spring Festival would be the most excitement in her day. She wasn’t expecting to find the dead body of her good friend beside her car or to be accused of murder. Things like that just don’t happen in small towns like Maple Falls... -
![Gluten-Free Murder by P.D. Workman]()
Gluten-Free Murder by P.D. Workman
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMurder by muffinErin Price moves to Bald Eagle Falls, a place where everyone knows everyone as well as everyone else’s business, taking over the store left to her by her aunt to start up a gluten-free bakery. The grand opening is marred by just one thing, the death of her business rival, Angela Plaint. It appears that Angela was poisoned by one of Erin’s cupcakes, making her a prime suspect... -
![Murder Melts in Your Mouth by Nancy Martin]()
Murder Melts in Your Mouth by Nancy Martin
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe new Blackbird Sisters mystery from the bestselling author of A Crazy Little Thing Called Death . Down-to-earth debutante Nora Blackbird is having a meltdown-and it isn't because of Philadelphia's heat wave, or an overdose at the city's Chocolate Festival. A noted Philly philanthropist has taken a swan dive from an office balcony-and Nora's friend Lexie stands accused of the murder...
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